John 5:22

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has ‘entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,’

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

In Context

21For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

23So that all men may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:27Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does any one fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.

Matthew 25:31When the Son of Man has come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he ‘will take his seat on his throne of glory’;

John 3:35The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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